A toxic gasoline product leaked into Texas waterway after multiple vessels collideBAYPORT, Texas — A busy commercial waterway near Houston remains partially closed following a collision involving four vessels that caused a toxic gasoline product to leak into the water.
Authorities said at a news conference Saturday that the hull of a 755-foot tanker punctured storage tanks on a tug boat that was pushing two barges along the Houston Ship Channel.
One barge capsized Friday....

Principal of Parkland, Florida school where 17 were slain announces he will resignFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The principal of a Florida school where 17 people were fatally shot last year is resigning.
The Sun Sentinel reports that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School principal Ty Thompson announced Friday that he will step down at the end of the school year. He cited his health and family as reasons for leaving.
Thompson was principal in February 2018 when authorities say a ...

Judge: California couple must pay nearly $600k for uprooting, killing an ancient oak treeA northern California couple was ordered to pay nearly $600,000 after uprooting a 180-year-old tree for their new home – ultimately killing the heritage oak – a judge ruled.
Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Patrick Broderick issued the ruling in April, which was finalized last week, and sided with a nonprofit that sued the couple for the damage they caused to the tree and other vegetation on ...

Colorado teen who plans to become Marine tackled suspected shooterHIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – A Colorado teen set to join the U.S. Marines this summer is credited with helping subdue a gunman during a shooting at his Denver-area school on Tuesday.
The Marines said Brendan Bialy helped saved lives during the attack at the STEM School Highlands Ranch. One student died, and two suspects are in custody.
"Brendan’s courage and commitment to swiftly ending this tra...

Intensive search underway for girl, 4, whose stepfather says she was abducted on a Texas highwayAn intensive search was underway Monday in Texas for a missing 4-year-old child who her stepfather says was kidnapped in a bizarre confrontation on a Houston highway.
Maleah Davis has had multiple brain surgeries, including one less than two months ago, and "needs a lot of care," Houston police Sgt. Mark Holbrook said.
A search party organized by family and friends was handing out missing pe...

Boeing 737 skids off runway into Florida riverA passenger plane slid off a runway in the US state of Florida on Friday night, ending up in a river after landing during a thunderstorm.
Twenty-one people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, officials said.
The chartered Boeing 737, operated by Miami Air International, had flown from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to a military base in the city of Jacksonville.
Passengers say it landed h...

Trump administration has separated hundreds of children from their migrant families since 2018From the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to the Southern California coast, the Trump administration continues separating migrant families at rates that alarm immigration attorneys and advocates, even though a federal judge barred family separations as a systemic policy.
Separations have slowed significantly since a federal judge in San Diego ordered the administration to halt the practice in June 2...

Donald Trump wants to charge asylum seekers to process applications as migrants seek U.S. entryIn his latest attempt to slow the flood of Central American migrants pouring across the southern border, President Donald Trump proposed sweeping new rules for asylum-seekers that would make it more difficult, and more expensive, for them to seek refuge in the U.S.
In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump gave the departments of Justice and Homeland Security 90 days to implement the ch...

404-year-old 'priceless' Bible stolen from Carnegie Library found in the NetherlandsA 404-year-old Bible stolen decades ago from the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh is finally being returned, the FBI announced.
The Geneva Bible, published in 1615, was one of more than 300 items including rare books, atlases and maps worth an estimated $8 million that were discovered missing in 2017, according to Robert Jones, special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh FBI office.
“This Bible ...